Monthly Archive for January, 2011

: January, 2011

IMAGE OF THE WEEK Beautiful Photo of our Pioneer Square coffee house by Rain City Girl (Twitter: CherryStreet) NEWS City backs away from $4-an-hour parking in Pioneer Sq. (Seattle PI) Pioneer Square and several other neighborhoods got a reprieve of sorts from higher parking rates as Seattle officials on Thursday announced changes to previously-announced increases. […] …

Sustainable Seattle thinks so. In association with Take Back Your Time and the Compassionate Action Network, it is releasing the first comprehensive survey of happiness in this region, as part of the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative (SAHI). The survey is now online at: www.sustainableseattle.org for anyone to take. “You get what you measure,” says Seattle […] …

Help support our neighbors! : The Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area invites all local food lovers to enjoy an afternoon of international cuisine designed to accommodate all budgets. This Saturday, January 29th, ten of Chinatown-ID’s premier restaurants will celebrate Lunar New Year by featuring an unprecedented $2 tasting menu from 11 am to 4 pm. […] …

On Monday, the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) and more than a dozen businesses and neighborhood organizations issued a letter to the Mayor and City Council urging a delay in the implementation of parking meter rate increases around the Seattle area. Concerned by the use of peak-period occupancy to set rates, the group — made up […] …

The meeting will be an opportunity to learn about ideas for the trail and to gather feedback from you. Open to the general public. Please contact Liz Stenning (liz@pioneersquare.org) for more information Tuesday, January 25 11:30am-1:30pm Klondike Gold Rush Museum (319 2nd Avenue South) www.trail2treasure.org …

IMAGE OF THE WEEK: (image credit: travel blog) NEWS Family finds Pioneer Square to be the fine life (Seattle Times) The homeowner describes Pioneer Square as “the most invigorating, the most intellectually stimulating, the most fun place to live in the whole city.” She’s noticed that the people who are drawn to live in the […] …

According to the DJC, Seattle’s recession ended a week ago. The reason being that Isilon just rented 180,000 sq ft in Pioneer Square. “A lot of the action has been in Pioneer Square, and this has Kevin Daniels, president of Daniels Development, eager to start what is billed as the largest transit-oriented development in the […] …

Storefronts Seattle, in partnership with the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, seeks applicants for temporary art installations, residencies and creative enterprise projects to enliven vacant storefronts in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and Chinatown-International District neighborhoods in addition to other locations. Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase, create or sell their work to […] …

SDOT announced citywide changes to parking, but it seems like Pioneer Square is getting the worst of it. Sure, other neighborhoods are facing the same increases in rates and hours, but if we needed to, I’d be willing to pit our neighborhood against any of the others to see who is hurt worse. Identified as […] …

IMAGE[s] OF THE WEEK: image source and of course, I had to include one of the 619 taken by WSDOT: NEWS Fire damages Pioneer Square building Sunday evening (Seattle Times) “The fire, which started at about 5:40 p.m. in the 200 block of First Avenue South, was deemed an accident, caused by food on the […] …

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